how to pronounce seventeen

/ˈsɛvənˈtiːn/

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seventeen is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of seventeen in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… six seventeen or something when I got it …”

meanings of seventeen

numeral:

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

seventeen frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word seventeen occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.